Philip KurianOn Saturday, April 30th, 2022, QBL Director Dr. Philip Kurian discussed recentering our knowledge systems at a AAAS-sponsored public engagement event organized by Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. By highlighting the pioneering work of Howard University scholars to recover historical narratives of discovery by East Africans, his presentation drew out the dark sides of the European enlightenment and the value judgments that continue to shape our theologies, our histories, and ultimately our imaginations of the possible.
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John SlatteryOn Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, John Slattery delivered a lecture on The Enduring Problem of Eugenics, and Other Evils. Dr. Slattery's lecture delved into the complex history of eugenics in order to question the general nature of scientific ethics throughout history.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oOn February 22nd, 2022, Ngũgĩ
wa Thiong'o delivered the inaugural Black History Month lecture as part of the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" series. Prof. Ngũgĩ's lecture was followed by a discussion featuring panelists Ruha Benjamin, Dag Herbjørnsrud, and Philip Kurian. |
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Ruha BenjaminOn January 17th, 2022, Ruha Benjamin delivered the inaugural MLK Jr. Day lecture as part of the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" series, giving a multimedia portrayal of how artificial intelligences and big data-informed realities are shaped by structural racism.
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Dag Herbjørnsrud On December 7th, 2021, Dag Herbjørnsrud kicked off the QBL's "Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge" lecture series, highlighting how the distortions in our maps, our mathematical histories, and our models of reality must be rebalanced.
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